You can see why the clerk might’ve been confused. Will and William looked so strikingly similar that it was easy to mistake one for the other. Interestingly, some people have falsely attributed this case to the adoption of taking fingerprints.
It’s hard to believe that something could remain unscathed after spending two decades in a lake, but this story seems to suggest otherwise. We guess it goes to show that sometimes, the most unexpected things can happen.